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    By Amanda Smyth 16 Comments

    slow cooker osso bucco

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    I knew my life would change dramatically when I became a stay at home mother. I knew I'd miss the chat in the office, having a lunch break, nicking out for a coffee.

    I did not anticipate falling out of love with my slow cooker. Up until my retirement, my crockpot and I had maintained a loving relationship. I'd fill it with random ingredients in the morning and when I returned home that evening it would reward me with random deliciousness.

    Then, just like that, we fell out of love. Turns out, the slow cooker and I can't share the same space while it makes it's magic. After smelling our dinner cooking all day, I didn't like eating come dinner time. We'd grown apart. Years passed, I became enamoured with shiny new appliances.

    Our slow cooker has languished in the back of the cupboard for a long while. Then the Big Sister started swimming on Wednesday afternoons at a pool that's a ways from the farm. When the kids get home they are tired and cold and HUNGRY. So my love-affair with the slow cooker has been restored.slow cooker osso bucco social

    slow cooker osso bucco

    Ingredients: 

    6 osso bucco pieces (sometimes this is labelled shin beef)
    olive oil for frying
    plain flour for dredging
    3 sticks celery, diced
    2 brown onions, diced
    2 carrots, diced
    4 cloves garlic, crushed
    4 tbs tomato paste
    1 cup white wine
    2 beef stock cubes
    2 cups water
    1 400g tin chopped tomatoes
    1 bay leaf

    for the gremolata

    good handful parsley
    2 cloves garlic
    zest of half a lemon

    Method:

    Add flour (about a half cup), salt and pepper into a plastic bag. One at a time, add the pieces of osso bucco to the bag and shake the bag to coat them in the seasoned flour mixture.

    Heat a large fry pan to high and brown the osso bucco pieces. Transfer the meat to the bottom of your slow cooker bowl. Reduce the heat under the pan to low, add another splash of olive oil and sweat the celery, onions, carrots and garlic until the onion is translucent. Add a two tablespoons of flour from the plastic bag and cook for a further two minutes, stirring constantly.slow cooker osso bucco ingredients

    Once the vegetable mixture is cooked, add the tomato paste, wine, stock cubes and chopped tomatoes. Stir to combine, then add the mix to the slow cooker bowl. Add the bay leaf and water, making sure that the vegetable mixture covers the meat pieces completely. Cook on slow for four hours, or until the meat falls off the bone.osso bucco in the crockpot

    Before serving make the gremolata, finely chop the parsley and garlic. Combine in a small bowl with the lemon zest.

    Serve the osso bucco on mashed potato or polenta and top with a sprinkling of germolata.slow cooker osso bucco

     do you love your slow cooker?

    what's your favourite winter dinner?

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    1. Holly says

      June 23, 2015 at 12:43 pm

      This would be the best winter comfort food. Yum! Might need to give it a go.

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        June 23, 2015 at 1:23 pm

        You should Holly - it's tasty and so easy! 🙂

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    2. Mystery Case says

      June 23, 2015 at 7:43 pm

      I think you need to start a slow cooker challenge, something that might entice me to embrace slow cooking. Can't promise I will ever fall in love with it but then I did outsource my cooking when hubby vowed to cook, clean and slave after me. lol

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    3. Maxabella says

      June 24, 2015 at 10:37 pm

      I feel exactly the same way about my beloved slow cooker. I can only use it on the days when I'm not home working all day. It drives me a bit batty all day and then I lose my appetite because it smells like... the day. x

      Reply
    4. Danielle says

      June 25, 2015 at 7:27 am

      Yum! have not had osso bucco in ages - am going to make it next week.

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        June 29, 2015 at 5:43 am

        Let me know how it turns out Danielle! 🙂

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    5. Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me says

      June 25, 2015 at 8:09 pm

      I do love my slow cooker but sadly the kids don't.

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    6. bakeplaysmile says

      July 10, 2015 at 12:09 pm

      Yum! I've been on the lookout for yummy slow cooker recipes (because I am crap when it comes to using mine!!). This one will definitely be going on the list to make. Thanks for linking up with our Fabulous Foodie Fridays party! Have a great weekend. xx

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 10, 2015 at 2:04 pm

        Thanks for hosting Lucy. Have a great weekend too. x

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    7. Blah Blah Magazine says

      July 10, 2015 at 2:37 pm

      Osso bucco is my all time fave slow cooker dish. This looks like a sensational version. Thank you x

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    8. Lizzie {Strayed Table} says

      July 10, 2015 at 4:38 pm

      I miss my slow cooker, I really must get another one they are so fantastic. Your osso bucco sounds pretty delish I don't think I have ever done one

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    9. Jan says

      July 11, 2017 at 9:15 am

      My slow cooker is not used much these days with just myself to cook for most nights.However, i do use it to make stock for soup. It is absolutely wonderful to cook quinces in as they need long slow cooking to turn them pink and to fill the house with the wonderful aroma. I stir sugar to taste when they are done and the sugar melts in the hot quinces.

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 11, 2017 at 3:30 pm

        I can only imagine how that smells Jan!

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    10. Norma says

      January 04, 2022 at 4:45 am

      Made this for a friend and her family during her final days of battling cancer. It smelled so good when I was making it, I made it for my husband and me. It is now one of our favorites.

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        March 11, 2022 at 11:18 am

        Hi Norma, I'm very sorry for your loss. Cooking for people is a way I show love, I'm sure your thoughtfulness meant a lot. A x

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